25th National Film Awards
| 25th National Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 1977 |
| Presented by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Presented on | April 1978 |
| Official website | dff.nic.in |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Ghatashraddha |
| Most awards | Ghatashraddha (3) |
The 25th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1977. Ceremony took place in April 1978.
Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by E. Alkazi and Ashok Mitra respectively.
Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 25th National Film Awards, a Kannada film, Ghatashraddha won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards (three). Following were the awards given in each category:
Following were the awards given:
The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Bengali, English, Hindi, Kashmiri, Meitei and Punjabi, award for Best Feature Film was not given.
Following were the awards given:
Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:
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